nStor NexStor 4200F Series, User Manual

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About this Manual
Features
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This user’s guide is your complete documentation to set up the storage system
hardware, add components, cable the storage system components, replace parts,
and diagnose/repair your system.
For details on software configuration and management, refer to the software
guide included with your system.
Features
The NexStor 4200F Series Storage Systems are designed for mission critical
applications requiring the highest performance with uncompromised data
reliability, such as mid-range and enterprise server storage, while maintaining
exceptionally high throughput. The storage system is ideally suited for high
bandwidth data intensive applications, such as electronic commerce, digital
video, CAD, seismic research, digital pre-press, 3-D imaging, and SAN
environments.
The following are major features of the NexStor 4200F Series Storage Systems:
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2 Gb Fibre Channel-to-Fibre Channel storage system enclosure.
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Hot pluggable FC-to-FC RAID Controllers.
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Hot pluggable disk drives, 12 per enclosure.
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Hot pluggable cooling fan modules and power supplies.
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SES Enclosure management includes onboard environmental monitoring.
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Designed to fit standard 19-inch rack enclosures and a deskside tower.
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Front panel LEDs provide notifications of system component status, and
logical and physical drive status.
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Transparent failover/failback with multiple target ID support using dual
hot-pluggable RAID controllers.
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Operating system independence – no special software or drivers required.
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Dual 2 Gb per second Fibre Channel host ports. Fabric ports are optimized
with full duplex operations and autonegotiate features.
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Dual 2 Gb per second disk side channels for high performance, failure
resilient paths to the drives. Full duplex operations optimize disk channels..
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